"History of the AES"
Draft Purpose and Procedures of the
Project
NOTE: This text is taken directly from the original
Historical
Committee guidelines -- undated, but probably from 1970...1999, when
Don Plunkett chaired the committee. Because that
committee was not very active for many years, the current Project
Leader should
review these guidelines to see if they are still appropriate. In
addition,
we should make provision for the histories of the European Region, the
Latin American Region, and the International Region, which would
probably
be archived in those respective Regions.
Jay
McKnight,
Chair, AES Historical Committee 2001-10-02, minor rev
2006-08-15.
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To organize and maintain an archive relating to the history of
the
Audio Engineering Society itself. This archive will be located at
the Headquarters Office in the New York City. It is therefore
preferable
that the Project Leader reside in that area.
NOTE: Until the material in the archives has been properly compiled
in a useful manner, the Project Leader should be a Charter Member of
the
Society, if possible, or a member familiar with the organization's
early
history. When the gaps in the research have been filled and the
material
organized, the historical material may be kept up to date by a
less-experienced
member.
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To keep a historical record of the statistics, activities, and
technical
meetings and publications of the Audio Engineering Society, and to
store
for safekeeping all papers, publications, and written historical
material
that would contribute to a published history of the Society. At minimum
this will comprise annually reviewing the documents at the Headquarters
Office, and placing in the historical file the following items:
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A list of the names of officers, governors, and editors of the Journal.
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Names of chairs and members of each committee.
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The Secretary's Report as of October 31, containing Membership,
breakdown
of membership by grade, number of Journal subscribers, Sections
in
operation with their membership, meeting dates, speakers, and titles of
papers presented.
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Convention reports, with three copies each of the Program, exhibitor
lists,
awards and recipients, and any other documents prepared for the
Convention,
such as:
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A list of the names of Convention Chairs and Committee members.
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The letterheads, convention logo stickers, and important documents from
the work of Convention Committees.
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Flags, banners, etc
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Where they were made, sound recordings and filmed or video recordings
of
the presented papers and workshops.
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The Editor's report, with a list of publications and dates, and three
copies
of each publication.
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To update the history from time to time and put into form for
publication,
either to mark special anniversary years or to be made available for
promotional
programs or other purposes.
Appendix
State of the AES Historical Archive ,
1999
August. [Author unknown, but it was probably Don Plunkett, who
chaired the Historical Committee from 1972 until 1999, and who compiled
and published several articles in the AES Journal about the history of
the society. jm]
The state of the file of historical
material
in 1999 is as follows:
1949: a skimpy outline--no section material
1950: a little better--no information
on the title of Section talks
1951: fairly complete
1952: fairly complete
1953: fairly complete
1954: gaps in Section information
1955: lists of Section meetings not
complete
1956: not done
1957: started, but incomplete
1958: complete
1959: complete
1960: complete
1961: not done
1962: not done
1963: not done
1964: not done
1965: complete
1966: not done
1967: not done
1968: not done
1969: not done
1970: not done
A booklet, prepared for the 20th
Anniversary, contains the current written history of the Society. This
contains a short write-up of the years 1948-1968, lists of Officers and
Governors 1949-1968 and lists of Awards and recipients 1949-1968. This
booklet could be kept up to date and republished from time to time with
later material added.
A similar booklet was prepared for the
Society's 25th Anniversary in 1973.
[There is also the Gold issue of JAES
Jan/Feb
98 commemorating 50 years/dpr]